How to Scale A Recipe to Fit Your Cake Pan

Knowing how to scale a recipe is an extremely handy thing when it comes to baking. It is something I am asked about constantly so I have put together a visual guide on scaling a recipe based on pan size – I mean how often do you have your heart set on making a cake only to realize you need the one pan size you don’t own!? Given my teeny-tiny nyc apt, that happens to me all the time.

The infographic below will guide you through each recipe scaling step – the area calculations are based on the standard baking pan height of 2″.